Meaning and Origin
What does the name Hoover mean? Keep reading to find the user submitted meanings, dictionary definitions, and more.
User Submitted Origins
User Submitted Meanings
- According to a user from Kansas, U.S., the name Hoover is of German origin and means "'land owner' people with the last name Hoover owned a significant amount of land, about 40 acres. It comes from Hebrew and German decent".
Etymology: a trademark
- A kind of vacuum cleaner
- 31st President of the United States; in 1929 the stock market crashed and the economy collapsed and Hoover was defeated for reelection by Franklin Roosevelt (1874-1964)
- United States lawyer who was director of the FBI for 48 years (1895-1972)
- United States industrialist who manufactured vacuum cleaners (1849-1932)
- Clean with a vacuum cleaner
The surname is an anglicization of German Huber or Low German Hufer, originally designating a landowner or a prosperous small-scale farmer. The common noun and verb are taken from the brand name of one of the first vacuum cleaners (see hoover).
- An American surname (shared by several famous people including J. Edgar Hoover and Herbert Hoover).
- A vacuum cleaner of the Hoover brand, or irrespective of brand (alternative form of hoover).